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From Debate to Deployment Age assurance has moved from theory to practice. Across the world, governments are legislating. Platforms are implementing. Providers are innovating. Regulators are supervising. And organisations of every size are discovering that age assurance is no longer a niche compliance question — it is a foundational capability for responsible service design. The […]

Governments around the world are rightly focused on protecting children online, preventing underage access to alcohol, tobacco, risky content and gambling and improving safety in age-restricted environments. These are legitimate policy goals and they deserve serious attention. But alongside this effort, a quieter trend is emerging: the use of age assurance as a mechanism to […]

The Age Check Certification Scheme notes Aylo’s announcement that it will restrict access to its services for new UK users from February 2026, citing failures in the operation of the Online Safety Act. From the perspective of age assurance capability, Aylo’s position is clear: age assurance can be delivered, can be delivered effectively, and was […]

The Age Assurance Technology Trial report has now been released and is available to download from www.ageassurance.com/au/report. We will shortly have some printed copies available to purchase (just to cover the cost of printing, postage and packing). If you would like to reserve a copy, please email sales@accscheme.com and we will be in touch when […]

The Global Age Assurance Standards Summit 2025 is set to be a landmark event, bringing together policymakers, industry leaders, NGOs, academics, and advocates from across the globe to advance online child safety. Scheduled for April 2025, this Summit will focus on fostering the adoption and implementation of critical frameworks like ISO/IEC 27566-1, which are designed to create safer digital environments for children.

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Customer and age verification plays a key part in the current iteration of the Gambling Act, and will continue to do so in any revised versions. Find out more on how bingo operators can achieve high standards of age check compliance and security.

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The Age Appropriate Design Code came into force on 2nd September 2020 and has a 12-month transitional phase, meaning those organisations that it applies to must conform by 2nd September 2021 – a mere six months away! If you are confused as to whether the changes apply to your business, the ICO has stated that if anyone under the age of 18 is likely to access your online products or services, you must review your policy.

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The UK Home Office have issued a call for proposals from innovators or alcohol licence holders for trials of technological innovations for age verification and the Age Check Certification Scheme is offering its services as an independent evaluation provider for this Regulatory Sandbox.

Grant funding for the development of a new assurance scheme for consumer IoT (Internet of Things) products aimed at protecting children using internet-connected toys has been awarded to a Stockport-based technical auditing company.